tele

See also: Tele, télé, telē, tele-, télé-, and теле

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛli/

Noun

tele (countable and uncountable, plural teles)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of telly (“television”)
   • 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 9)

     All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]

   • 2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case

     They were up late, talking and watching television. Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed. 'It's like it was yesterday. We'd just been watching tele and went to bed at about 2.30 am. […]

Etymology 2

Noun

tele (uncountable)

1. According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.

Anagrams

• Leet, Teel, leet, teel

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

Noun

tele n

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telata
genitive	telete	telat
dative	teleti	telatům
accusative	tele	telata
vocative	tele	telata
locative	teleti	telatech
instrumental	teletem	telaty

Related terms

• telátko

See also

• kráva
• býk
• vůl
• semetrika

Further reading

• tele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

• eelt, teel

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Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Noun

tele

1. (photographing, colloquial) telephoto lens

Declension

Inflection of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		tele	telet
genitive		telen	telejen
partitive		teleä	telejä
illative		teleen	teleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tele	telet
accusative	nom.	tele	telet
	gen.	telen
genitive		telen	telejen teleinrare
partitive		teleä	telejä
inessive		telessä	teleissä
elative		telestä	teleistä
illative		teleen	teleihin
adessive		telellä	teleillä
ablative		teleltä	teleiltä
allative		telelle	teleille
essive		telenä	teleinä
translative		teleksi	teleiksi
instructive		—	telein
abessive		telettä	teleittä
comitative		—	teleineen

Possessive forms of tele (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	teleni	telemme
2nd person	telesi	telenne
3rd person	telensä

Anagrams

• leet

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f (plural telis)

1. cloth
2. canvas

Derived terms

• tele di ragn

See also

• tiessi

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Galician

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

1. Clipping of televisión; television

Synonyms

• (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): televisión
• (device for receiving television signals): televisor, televisión

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: te‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *täwde. Cognates include Finnish täysi, Estonian täis.

Adverb

tele (not comparable)

1. full (of something -val/-vel), normally with explicit or implied van

   Synonym: (comparable) teli

   Antonyms: üresen, híján

   Tele van a ház pókokkal. ― The house is full of spiders.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

Compound words

• telis-tele

 

Expressions

• tele van a hócipője

 

Adjective

tele (not comparable)

1. full (of something -val/-vel)

   Synonym: (comparable) teli

   Antonym: üres

   Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak. ― They got a full glass of water.

   vízzel tele pohár ― a glass full of water

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of teleobjektív.

Noun

tele (plural telék)

1. (photography, slang) telephoto lens (lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects)

   Synonym: teleobjektív

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telék
accusative	telét	teléket
dative	telének	teléknek
instrumental	telével	telékkel
causal-final	teléért	telékért
translative	telévé	telékké
terminative	teléig	telékig
essive-formal	teleként	telékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	telében	telékben
superessive	telén	teléken
adessive	telénél	teléknél
illative	telébe	telékbe
sublative	telére	telékre
allative	teléhez	telékhez
elative	teléből	telékből
delative	teléről	telékről
ablative	telétől	teléktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	teléé	teléké
non-attributive possessive - plural	telééi	telékéi

Possessive forms of tele
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	telém	teléim
2nd person sing.	teléd	teléid
3rd person sing.	teléje	teléi
1st person plural	telénk	teléink
2nd person plural	telétek	teléitek
3rd person plural	teléjük	teléik

Etymology 3

tél (“winter”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Noun

tele

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tél

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	—
accusative	telét	—
dative	telének	—
instrumental	telével	—
causal-final	teléért	—
translative	telévé	—
terminative	teléig	—
essive-formal	teleként	—
essive-modal	teléül	—
inessive	telében	—
superessive	telén	—
adessive	telénél	—
illative	telébe	—
sublative	telére	—
allative	teléhez	—
elative	teléből	—
delative	teléről	—
ablative	telétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	teléé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	telééi	—

See also

• tele- (prefix)

Further reading

• (full): tele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: tè‧le

Noun

tele f

1. (informal) telly (UK), TV

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.le/
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: té‧le

Noun

tele f pl

1. plural of tela

Anagrams

• Lete, Letè

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Latvian

Tele

Noun

tele f (5th declension)

1. female calf, immature cow, heifer

   pērnā tele ― the heifer from last year

   šķirnes tele ― a heifer of good breed

   grūsna tele ― pregnant heifer

   te Tibils visu vasaru turēja savus lopus: divas teles, abas slaucamās govis, aitas un zirgus ― here Tibils kept his animals all summer: the two heifers, both dairy cows, the sheep and the horses

   nopētīju savu ganāmpulki, vai kāda no govīm, īpaši telēm, netaisās laisties blēņās uz zirņu lauku ― he kept an eye on his herd, in case one of the cows, especially the heifers, wanted to play any tricks on the pea fields

Declension

Declension of tele (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tele	teles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	teli	teles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	teles	teļu
dative (datīvs)	telei	telēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	teli	telēm
locative (lokatīvs)	telē	telēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	tele	teles

See also

• liellops
• govs
• bullis
• teļš, telēns
• vērsis

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

1. a frozen layer of soil

   Synonym: klake

Verb

tele (present tense teler, past tense tela or telet, past participle tela or telet)

1. (intransitive, about the ground) to freeze

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

1. a person from Telemark

   Synonyms: telemarking, teledøl

References

• “tele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tele” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, tele-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural telar, definite plural telane)

1. a frozen layer of soil

   Synonym: klake

Verb

tele (present tense telar, past tense tela, past participle tela, passive infinitive telast, present participle telande, imperative tele/tel)

1. (intransitive, about the ground) to freeze

Alternative forms

• tela (a- and split infinitives)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler or telar, definite plural telene or telane)

1. a person from Telemark

   Synonym: telemarking

References

• “tele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele-

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Portuguese

Verb

tele

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of telar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of telar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of telar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of telar

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Samoan

Adjective

tele

1. big

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těle/
• Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of tele

	singular
nominative	tèle
genitive	tèleta
dative	teletu
accusative	tele
vocative	tele
locative	teletu
instrumental	teletom

This word has no plural, but the collective noun tȅlād is used instead.

See also

• gleda kao tele u šarena vrata

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛlɛ/

Noun

tele

1. locative singular of telo

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀ːlɛ/

Noun

téle n

1. calf

Inflection

Declension of tele (neuter, t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tele	teleti	teleta
accusative	tele	teleti	teleta
genitive	teleta	telet	telet
dative	teletu	teletoma	teletom
locative	teletu	teletih	teletih
instrumental	teletom	teletoma	teleti

Further reading

• “tele”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

1. Clipping of televisión; television

   Synonyms: televisión, televisor

Further reading

• “tele”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

tele (invariable)

1. abundant

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Western Maninkakan

Noun

tele

1. sun

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Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tele

1. puppy

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 78